Memory Giants Gain Pricing Power Over AI Firms as DDR5 RDIMMs Beat HBM Profitability, Setting Stage for 2027 Hikes

With memory prices having soared in the aftermath of the AI boom, market research firm TrendForce estimates that HBM memory prices should rise further in 2027. TrendForce based its estimates on per-wafer revenue, which shows that certain variants of DDR5 memory have become more profitable compared to HBM. With HBM expected to remain in demand in 2026 as NVIDIA and others launch their new AI GPUs, the research firm estimates that suppliers will continue to raise prices to create more pricing power for negotiations.

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A pair of Crucial RAM sticks labeled as 16GB DDR5-4800 UDIMM, displaying memory chips and circuit details.

Radeon RX 9060 XT Smashes Into Second Place At 4.64 GHz After AMD Overclocker Taps Secret Internal Tools

Another impressive record for the Radeon RX 9060 XT, which seems to scale well with voltage, and the latest record is one of the highest GPU frequencies ever reported.

Not long ago, AMD and Splave collaborated to break the GPU frequency overclocking world record by pushing the Radeon RX 9060 XT to a whopping 4.769 GHz . Another overclocker just tried to push the clocks higher than what's usually possible on an engineering sample of the RX 9060 XT. And

A high-performance computer setup at Computex 2023 is being cooled with liquid nitrogen, visible with frost-covered containers and cables near a 'COMPUTEX 2023' badge.
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Apple Finalizes A Liquidmetal Hinge For The iPhone Ultra, Replete With A 5,000mAh+ Battery And A Titanium Frame

Apple's pre-production cadence for the iPhone Ultra is moving ahead at full steam, with prototypes reportedly being sent to global carriers for testing.

A fresh tidbit has emerged against this encouraging backdrop, suggesting that Apple appears to have settled on a Liquidmetal hinge, a bigger battery, and a titanium frame for its upcoming foldable iPhone.

We noted yesterday that the iPhone Ultra was now likely to sport a dedicated vapor chamber , which should allow for an impressive thermal performance.

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Former Forza Horizon Devs Announce Clutch, the Debut Title from Maverick Games, Full Reveal Set for Summer Game Fest This Week

The former Forza Horizon developers at Maverick Games have finally revealed the open-world driving game they've been developing since the studio was formed and publicly revealed back in 2023. The game is called Clutch , and while a bigger reveal will take place later this week during the opening event for Summer Game Fest , the introductory video shown today featuring creative director and chief executive officer Mike Brown , does give us a sneak peek at what to expect from Clutch.

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‘The Genie Is Out of the Bottle’: Ex-Ubisoft Director Clint Hocking Says AI in Games Is Inevitable, Pushes Back Fears

Former Ubisoft game designer and director Clint Hocking is the latest industry veteran to chime in on the thorny matter of using generative AI in game development. Speaking to EDGE Magazine (July 2026, issue 424), Hocking opined that the technology will inevitably be used (as former industry executive Peter Moore recently said ), so the question really is how best to support the transition for the good of society.

Hocking left Ubisoft earlier this year after working for some time on Assassin's Creed Hexe.

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NVIDIA’s Five-Year-Old RTX 3060 12GB Returns At $325 In China, Undercutting RTX 5060 On VRAM But Not Performance

The Ampere-based RTX 30 series card is back, as we previously reported, and it is selling at nearly the RTX 5060 price.

The five-year-old card has finally made a comeback. We thought the GPU would be back in the market in July , as we previously reported, but it came back on the shelves sooner. As reported by ChannelGate, the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB is back on the shelves in mainland China. According to the report,

A Colorful GeForce RTX 3050 BattleAx graphics card with 6GB GDDR6 memory is placed next to its packaging.
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ASUS Skips Intel’s Latest Chips For 2026 TUF Gaming 16, Sticking With Two-Generation-Old Raptor Lake-HX Paired With RTX 5070

The all-new TUF Gaming 16 laptop will utilize the older Raptor Lake Refresh chip paired with the latest RTX 50 series.

Every year ASUS upgrades its product lineups by reintroducing newer models in almost every hardware category. Since Computex is going on, it's obvious to see newer GPUs, motherboards, monitors, and laptop models rolling out. This year, ASUS did something different with one of its laptop series. Instead of adopting the latest Core Ultra Series 2 and 3 processors, ASUS went with the older

An ASUS TUF Gaming laptop with an illuminated orange keyboard and a screen displaying the 'TUF Gaming' logo.
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MediaTek Says Its Next-Gen Program Will Only Use Intel’s EMIB-T For Packaging

Taiwanese fabless semiconductor firm MediaTek has made a major claim at the Goldman Sachs Taiwan Day by outlining that for its next-generation program, it plans to only use Intel's EMIB-T packaging technology. The Taiwanese supply chain has been discussing EMIB-T regularly for months now, and MediaTek is Google's partner for the next-generation TPU custom AI chips. Intel has positioned EMIB against TSMC's CoWoS packaging technology, and MediaTek's announcement marks a strategic win for the American chip company, whose

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Qualcomm Could Give Samsung Preferential Treatment For Its Snapdragon SoCs By Lowering Prices By 16% As It Views Exynos As A Greater Threat

The Exynos 2700 is already being positioned to replace a great deal of Snapdragon chipsets next year, as a previous report stated that Samsung plans on adopting it in 50 percent of Galaxy S27 shipments, a major increase from the Exynos 2600’s 25 percent share. Given that the Korean giant is Qualcomm’s biggest customer and its handset business is already suffering due to soaring DRAM costs , the last thing it needs is the Exynos line denting its business further.

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GIGABYTE Announces 4th Gen WOLED-Powered Gaming Monitors Headed By 5K Mini LED With Triple Mode Configuration

The new monitor stack brings powerful feature set for enthusiasts, who want to have immersive and sharper visual quality.

It's great to see some vendors prioritizing Mini LEDs over conventional LED displays. GIGABYTE is one of them, which has recently brought its latest monitor lineup to the Computex event, featuring a powerful Mini LED monitor alongside several OLED models for enthusiasts. The new lineup falls under the AORUS Elite series, bringing four new offerings, including 4K and 5K displays for those who want sharper and immersive visual quality

An AORUS gaming monitor displaying vibrant graphics is described as the 'World-First 5K Mini LED Glossy Gaming Monitor' with model FM275K16P, featuring '218 PPI' and '2,304 Local Dimming Zone.'
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